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My father was a frustrated writer. I think he wanted to write the great American novel.
Anne Waldman
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Anne Waldman
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: April 2
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Literal thousands of Americans taking to the road and getting into that green automobile and just going. At the same time there is real incredible work [of art] that comes out of it. Never forget that.
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The whole red state/blue state thing is very interesting. Watching that shift over the years.
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I had parents who were attentive to what was going on politically. There was the Greek connection, a sense of a larger world. People coming in from abroad. There was a sense of community around ideas: a discourse and an adhesiveness which is my favorite word from [Walt] Whitman.
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